This chapter presents the following topics: Introduction Business continuity Disaster recovery RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Cloud SolutionRecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.2.2 adds the capability to protect VMs directly to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) using proprietary snap-based replication with an RPO of 15 minutes. Business continuity and disaster recovery design recommendations Data protection backup systemsDell Technologies recommends using the components that are shown in the following table to provide data protection backup for the 3-Tier platform. 3-Tier Platform backup systems connectivity overviewThe 3-Tier Platform Data Protection backup system uses either the 3-Tier Platform top-of-rack or a dedicated pair of network switches for backup traffic.